as in tale
a traditional description of imaginary events circulated orally among a people
West African folktales that continue to be passed from generation to generation through storytelling
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Recent Examples of folktale
Students learn about everything from food and traditions to dance and folktales from around Latin America.
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Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Her mother, an enslaved woman whose name is lost to history, had been a storyteller, too, regaling the girl with folktales on the Maryland plantation where she was born in the mid-nineteenth century.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
Based on a Mexican folktale, La Llorona is also on-brand for The Conjuring–verse.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The centuries-old Macedonian folktale that shapes the doc involves a farmer’s son, Silyan, who’s caught between two worlds after his angry father’s curse turns him into a stork.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
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Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Her mother, an enslaved woman whose name is lost to history, had been a storyteller, too, regaling the girl with folktales on the Maryland plantation where she was born in the mid-nineteenth century.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
Based on a Mexican folktale, La Llorona is also on-brand for The Conjuring–verse.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The centuries-old Macedonian folktale that shapes the doc involves a farmer’s son, Silyan, who’s caught between two worlds after his angry father’s curse turns him into a stork.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for folktale
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Continue reading … AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ – Test yourself on hometown harvests, top tales and remarkable marathon runs.—
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FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Hollywood streamers and studios seemingly can't resist such tales, which explains the boom of true crime documentaries and dramatizations over the past decade.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Hollywood legend Diane Keaton has died at the age of 79 in California.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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While other Halloween towns like Salem, Massachusetts, and Sleepy Hollow, New York, lean on centuries of legends, Conway’s young legacy is powered almost entirely by community spirit.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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This is a developing story and will be updated.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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But the idea that the game’s superpowers are being challenged by outsiders is something of a myth.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Margarine and fake butter spreads Once marketed as a heart-healthy butter alternative, margarine turned out to be one of the biggest nutrition myths of the last century.—
Dr. Sanjay Bhojraj,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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Lightcap—who joined OpenAI from Y Combinator in 2018—double-majored in economics and history in college.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Honestly, every year feels like 10 years in the history of the Palestinian people.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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Keaton and Pacino had an on-again-off-again romance for years.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
12 Oct. 2025
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The pilot has moments both sweet and funny, and sets up the possibility of romance amongst the characters, as well as further high jinks from a rotating cast of license seekers and citizens ignorant of the requirements for a Real ID.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Folktale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folktale. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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